Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 20:34:58 -0400
From: Matt Wilson <msw@redhat.com>
To: redhat-watch-list@redhat.com
Subject: New install images available


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New installation images that correct several Red Hat Linux 6.0
installation problems are now available.  The following problems
are solved by this release:

   o  ICP Vortex RAID controller driver module missing (bug #2535)
   o  VIA-Rhine ethernet card driver module missing (bug #2830)
   o  Kickstart installs recrypts passwords even if "--iscrypted"
      is given (bug #2460)
   o  SPARC/UltraSPARC serial installs (bug #2602)
   o  Problems obtaining complete DHCP replies from Windows NT DHCP servers
   o  Foreign language installs using the hard drive install method
   o  Hard drive installs from partitions that will be mounted in
      the installed system

New features in this boot release:

   o  Expert mode gives the opportunity to select a SMP kernel (bug #2253)
   o  Added a "smp" option to kickstart to allow manual specification
      of SMP capable motherboards

Problems that will be addressed in a future image release:

   o  Adaptec SCSI negotiation infinite loops
   o  AMD MegaRAID driver updates to support newer cards
   o  Installation from various parallel port devices including Backpack
      CD-Roms (bug #2701)

Instructions for use


Intel
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ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/6.0/images/i386/boot.img
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/6.0/images/i386/bootnet.img
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/6.0/images/i386/supp.img
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/6.0/images/i386/modules.img

Three disks are needed for Intel based computers: "boot.img" or
"bootnet.img", "supp.img", and "modules.img".  Choose "boot.img" for
local installs (CD-Rom, hard drive) or "bootnet.img" for network
installs (NFS, FTP, HTTP).  Copy the three images to 1.44 MB floopy
disks using "dd if=file.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=72k" under Linux or
"rawrite.exe" under DOS or Windows.

After preparing the disk images, insert the appropriate boot disk and
boot the computer.  At the boot prompt type "linux supp" and press
Enter.  This tells the installer to load changes from the supplimental
and modules disks.  The installer will prompt the user to insert the
supplemental disk and modules disk during the installation process.


Alpha
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ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/6.0/images/alpha/ramdisk.img

Copy "ramdisk.img" to a floppy disk using "dd" or "rawrite.exe" then
proceed with the instructions in the installation guide.


SPARC/UltraSPARC
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ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/6.0/images/sparc/ramdisk.img
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/6.0/images/sparc/tftp32.img
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/6.0/images/sparc/tftp64.img

If booting from floppy copy "ramdisk.img" image to a floppy disk using
"dd" or "rawrite.exe", then proceed with the instructions in the
installation guide.

If booting from the network using TFTP, choose the appropriate boot
image.  Use "tftp32.img" for SPARC based computers or "tftp64.img" for
UltraSPARC based computers.  Copy the image to the proper place on the
tftp server then proceed with the instructions in the installation
guide.

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